1. preposterous

adjective. ['prɪˈpɑːstɝəs, prɪˈpɑːstrəs'] incongruous; inviting ridicule.

Rhymes with Preposterous

• ambidextrous
• ambidextrous
• boisterous
• desirous
• dextrous
• disastrous
• estrous
• ferrous
• fibrous
• hydrous
• idolatrous
• ludicrous
• lustrous
• marous
• monstrous
• nitrous
• nonferrous
• polyandrous
• porous
• tenebrous

How do you pronounce preposterous?

Pronounce preposterous as prɪˈpɑstərəs.

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Sentences with preposterous

1. Adjective
How preposterous of us to believe you.

Quotes about preposterous

1. In love, no question is ever preposterous.
- André Brink, Before I Forget

2. As for literary criticism in general: I have long felt that any reviewer who expresses rage and loathing for a novel or a play or a poem is preposterous. He or she is like a person who has put on full armor and attacked a hot fudge sundae or a banana split.
- Kurt Vonnegut, Palm Sunday: An Autobiographical Collage

3. Isn't it sad how some people's grip on their lives is so precarious that they'll embrace any preposterous delusion rather than face an occasional bleak truth?
- Bill Watterson, The Complete Calvin and Hobbes